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Socio-Cultural Aspects of Prompting Student Reflection in Web-Based Inquiry Learning Environments
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Furberg, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
This paper reports on a qualitative study of students' engagement with a Web-based inquiry environment aimed at prompting student reflection in processes of scientific inquiry. In order to demonstrate how prompts become structuring resources for students' scientific inquiry, detailed analyses of students' interaction processes are conducted. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Prompting, Internet, Reflection
Computer Support for Peer-based Methodology Tutorials.
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Anderson, A.; Cheyne, W.; Foot, H.; Howe, C.; Low, J.; Tolmie, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2000
Reports on a study of undergraduates at the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) that was designed to explore computer support for peer-based learning in methodology tutorials. Describes software that was developed to organize group discussion and discusses student ratings of their reactions to the software and to the tutorial sessions. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion
Student Responses to Collaborating and Learning in a Web-based Environment.
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Oliver, R.; Omari, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2001
Describes a study which explored undergraduate students' reactions to a Web-based environment supporting problem-based learning. Findings revealed that while the majority of students saw value to be gained from learning in a student-centered, collaborative setting, many expressed preference for learning in the more conventional teacher-directed…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction
Monitoring a CMC Environment Created for Distance Learning.
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Wilson, Tina; Whitelock, D. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1997
The Open University implemented a project called M205-STILE (Students' and Teachers' Integrated Learning Environment), a fundamental computer science course, with 110 distance learning students and nine tutors in the United Kingdom and Europe. This article examines, from student and tutor perspectives, the knowledge, social, and motivational use…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Science Education, Distance Education